Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales[1] is a 2017 American swashbuckler comedy action film. It is the fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series and the sequel to On Stranger Tides (2011). The movie is directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg from a script by Jeff Nathanson, with Jerry Bruckheimer serving again as producer. Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Kevin McNally reprise their roles as Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa and Joshamee Gibbs. It has Javier Bardem playing the main villain, Spanish ghost pirate Captain Salazar, Brenton Thwaites playing Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's son Henry Turner, Kaya Scodelario playing Barbossa's secret daughter Carina Smyth with Paul McCartney make a guest apparicion playing Jack Sparrow's Uncle Jack. Orlando Bloom reprise his role of Will Turner who appear at the start and the ending of the film, additionally Keira Knightley make a silent cameo (despite is an important cameo) at the end of the film reprising her role of Elizabeth Swann.
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Directed by | Joachim Ronning Espen Sandberg |
Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
Written by | Jeff Nathanson Terry Rossio |
Starring | Johnny Depp Geoffrey Rush Javier Bardem Brenton Thwaites Kaya Scodelario Kevin McNally |
Music by | Geoff Zanelli |
Cinematography | Paul Cameron |
Edited by | Roger Barton |
Production companies | Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
Release date | 22 July 2017 |
Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $ 230-320 millions |
Box office | $ 794, 9 millions |
It was released in conventional, Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats on May 26, 2017.
Despite receiving mixed reviews from film critics, the film was positively welcomed from audience who praised its story, directing, humor, heart, emotional weight, character development, cast performances (especially those of Depp and Bardem), musical score, action scenes, special effects and the ending, it was also a box office success grossing over $285 million worldwide.[2] A sequel is currently in development.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
- Javier Bardem as Armando Salazar
- Geoffrey Rush as Hector Barbossa
- Brenton Thwaites as Henry Turner
- Kaya Scodelario as Carina Smyth
- Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs
- Golshifteh Farahani as Shansa
- David Wenham as Lieutenant John Scarfield
- Stephen Graham as Scrum
- Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
- Keira Knightley as Elisabeth Swann
Sequel
A sixth film is currently in development with Ronning back to direct while Ted Elliott, first four film's co-writer, and Craig Mazin will write the screenplay.
On 2020, Jerry Bruckheimer announced that the first draft of the screenplay is almost ready and that, even though he plans to have Johnny Depp in the movie, he doesn't know yet what role the character will have.
Later, Johnny Depp was confirmed to reprise his role and that the movie is expected to be released around 2024.
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Javier Bardem was cast to play the role of Captain Salazar. His wife, Penélope Cruz, had starred in the previous instalment of the franchise as Angelica.
Several problems occurred during production in regards to the usage of capuchin monkeys for the film, including violating Australian biosecurity laws, the safety of the monkeys and of the crew.
References
- ↑ "Johnny Depp absent from first Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge teaser trailer". Yahoo! Movies UK.
- ↑ Stedman, Alex (January 20, 2016). "‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ Delayed Until End of 2017". Variety. https://variety.com/2016/film/news/star-wars-episode-viii-release-date-1201684136/. Retrieved January 21, 2016.